Pierre Boulez

I always think the relationship between a teacher and a student should be short and maybe violent. You don't need to spend years together. All you need is an explosion: you are the material to explode; the teacher is the detonator.

French Composer

Richard Flanagan

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

Australian Novelist

Used mainly in technical or professional settings like police work or engineering.

Technical Term

Can be combined with different adjectives to specify the type, like 'manual' or 'time-delay'.

Collocation Variety

While often associated with violence, 'detonator' itself is a neutral word reflecting function.

Neutral Connotation

 because whether he knew it or not, as soon as he decided to use his cell phone, he stepped into the realm of cyber. A well-crafted cyber attack could break into his phone, disable the overvoltage protections on his battery, drastically overload the circuit, cause the battery to overheat, and explode. No more phone, no more detonator,

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Detonator